Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 5
3. Acknowledgements 7
4. Chapter 1. Introduction: Chinese Digital Pink Tsunami
5. 1.1 When the Movement Arose 9
6. 1.2 Digital Counterattack from the Mainland 11
7. 1.3 Research Questions 16
8. 1.4 Chapter Overviews 16
9. Chapter 2. Literature Review and Theoretical Basis
10. 2.1 The Evolution of the Chinese Internet 19
11. 2.2 Social Media: Practices and Affordances 31
12. 2.3 The Pop-Cultural Dimension 35
13. 2.4 The Political Dimension 40
14. Chapter 3. Methodology
15. 3.1 Ethnography/Theoretical Basis of Methodology 63
16. 3.2 Online Participant Observation 64
17. 3.3 In-Depth Online Interviews with Selected Users 70
18. 3.4 Ethnographic and Mixed-Method Data Analysis 76
19. Chapter 4. Idolizing the Nation and Politicians
20. 4.1 Past and Present: From “Little Pink” to “Fandom Girl” 81
21. 4.2 Who Is Idolizing? 89
22. 4.3 What Is Idolizing? 92
23. 4.4 Idolized as What? 103
24. Chapter 5. Mobilizing in Idol-land’s Name
25. 5.1 Weibo Turns “Pink” 117
26. 5.2 The Fandom Nationalist Organizational Framework 123
27. 5.3 Information Flow and the Pink Porous Echo Chamber 134
28. Chapter 6. Idol-land’s Pink Guard
29. 6.1 Trolling for the Idol-Land 147
30. 6.2 Online Jubao/Reporting: Wielding the Sword of Damocles 166
31. Chapter 7. Internet Memes as Ammunition
32. 7.1 Conceptual Clarification of Internet Memes 181
33. 7.2 Mass Production of Digital Ammunition 187
34. Chapter 8. Conclusion
35. 8.1 (Chapter) Summaries 204
36. 8.2 Limitations 208
37. 8.3 Implications 209
38. References 213